Prof. Merkli is from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. His research is in Mathematical Physics, Functional Analysis and Quantum Dynamical Systems, which centers on the Mathematical Theory of Open Quantum Systems which are out of equilibrium. He is also working on Dynamics of Coherence and entanglement in open systems and on the Dynamics and Asymptotics of Repeated Interaction Quantum Systems.